The British newspaper Financial Times publishes excerpts from Michel’s upcoming speech. The head of the European Council intends to make promises to the leaders of the candidate countries who have been waiting for a long time to enter: representatives of Moldova, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Both parties must be ready for expansion until 2030. Now we must consider expansion as one of our main tasks. Both for the EU and for its future member states,” Michel intends to give this guidance to current EU members. union, that until they comment on the statements of the Belgian.
The official describes the “decisive” step towards expansion as “ambitious but necessary” and maintains that “the window of opportunity is open.” However, the head of the European Council does not specify that he prefers to “vent” through the “window”. In Michel’s opinion, to gain the trust of countries willing to join, it is necessary to “talk about deadlines.” Meanwhile, the Belgian does not specify in which segment of the path the candidates will find themselves in the EU until 2030.
Thus, Turkey has been satisfied with its candidate status since 1999, North Macedonia since 2005, Montenegro has been waiting for an invitation from Brussels since 2010, and Serbia since 2012. According to the Financial Times, the first discussion on granting membership to new states will take place. in Granada, Spain, in early October.
